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Notice ID:N6134022R0067
Solicitation Number: N61340-22-R-0067 Notice Type: Sources Sought - (This is not a request for proposals.) Synopsis: This is a Sources Sought request for vendor information. Naval Air Warfare Center T...
Solicitation Number: N61340-22-R-0067 Notice Type: Sources Sought - (This is not a request for proposals.) Synopsis: This is a Sources Sought request for vendor information. Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) seeks Contractor services and supplies for the operation and support of aircrew centrifuge training. The contractor shall provide all resources required for Navy and Marine Corps aircrews to execute centrifuge-based, G-tolerance training procedures. The contractor shall ensure the safety of all students, instructors, maintainers, and others involved. The contractor shall also provide operation and maintenance of facilities as well as security. The contractor shall have no requirements that are inherently governmental functions. The contractor will hold 50 weekly classes per year, in a 12 person classroom. The contractor shall support these classes with a 12 person classroom, 12 anti-gravity suits with torso harnesses, and office equipment. The contractor shall provide for the facilities. At the end of the training, the contractor will provide reports as required in an end-of-course package. The estimated annual number of students at the contractor’s site is approximately 600. The government will provide the training curriculum and a monthly schedule. Trainees include pilots from: Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA), Naval Flight Demonstration Squadron (NFDS), Naval Strike Air Warfare Center (NSAWC), Chief of Naval Air Forces (CNAF), United States Marine Corps (USMC), and miscellaneous United States Air Force (USAF) and International forces. Critical performance objectives are the Centrifuge-based Flight Environment Training (CFET) requirements from OPNAV 3710.7. NAWCTSD anticipates soliciting this requirement as a full-and-open competition, Firm Fixed Price type contract. The Period of Performance will be one year plus four option years. Responses to this notice should include a brief synopsis of the Contractor's experience in providing centrifuge- based flight environment (CFET) training services. Describe the following: your relevant training device; physiology and laboratory assessment capabilities; past customers; number of employees and employee qualifications; and your annual revenue. Provide your office location, CAGE Code, and a statement regarding your current Small Business Administration (SBA) business size and socio-economic classification under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 611512 - Military Flight Instruction Training (size standard $30 Million). To assist in our market research and determination of any applicable small business set-aside for this effort, if you are a small business interested in priming this effort and plan to utilize “similarly situated entities” to meet the Limitations on Subcontracting, please identify the name & CAGE Code of the specific firm(s) you intend to partner/subcontract with to meet the requirements as well as their SB size status under the NAICS that you as the prime would assign for their workshare. Information regarding any planned similarly situated entity should be included in answering any questions outlined in the SSN in order to assist the Government’s capability determination. Interested small business primes are advised that the FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting - Deviation 2021-O0008 is now in effect which includes the definition of “Similarly Situated Entity” and provides the methodology for the 50% calculation for compliance with the clause. Small business primes may count “first tier subcontracted” work performed by similarly situated entities as if it were performed by the prime itself. Please read the full text of the clause deviation (52.219-14 Class Deviation 2021-O0008 dated 09/10/21 at https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/policy/policyvault/USA001770-21-DPC.pdf). E-mail responses that are no more than 5 pages long to the Contract Specialist for this Sources Sought Notice at levi.m.alexander.civ@us.navy.mil. Use 12 point Times New Roman font. NAWCTSD is using this notice for the purpose of determining market interest, availability, and adequacy of potential small business sources prior to establishing the method of services acquisition and issuance of a request for proposals. Your responses in any form are not offers. Issuance of this sources sought notice does not obligate the Government in any way to issue a solicitation or to award a contract in furtherance of the objectives discussed herein. No funds are available to pay for preparing responses to this notice. The Government reserves the right to review and use data at its own discretion. Interested offerors shall respond to this notice, no later than 4:00 PM (Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on 24 June 2022 via email to levi.m.alexander.civ@us.navy.mil, winward.a.truit.civ@us.navy.mil, and marika.p.vickers.civ@us.navy.mil. All interested offerors must register in Systems for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible for award of Government contracts. Contracting Office Address: N61340 Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division 12211 Science Drive, Orlando, FL 32826 Points of Contact: Levi Alexander, Contract Specialist, 407-380-8667 Winward Truitt, Contract Specialist, 407-380-8172 Marika Vickers, Contracting Officer, 407-380-8093
